diff --git a/.ci/build.sh b/.ci/build.sh
index f3f8de39c..99b29f2ae 100644
--- a/.ci/build.sh
+++ b/.ci/build.sh
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ then
 	# Clean local tree of gitignored files.
 	git clean -dfX
 
+	# Recreate output directory if it was removed by git clean.
+	[ ! -d "$cwd" ] && mkdir -p "$cwd"
+
 	# Save current HEAD commit to VERSION.
 	git log --stat -1 > VERSION || rm -f VERSION